= Ad 1. Very rare, no copy found in STCN.
- Lacks 6 plates; several plates loose; bookblock sl. shaken; yellowed/ sl. foxed; new endpapers. Binding worn/ dam.; lacks large portion of backstrip; top of spine restored w. leather. Sold w.a.f.
= Cf. cat. NHSM p.1000 (1st ed. 1702).
- Lacks frontisp., portrait and the full-p. plate of De Ruiter's tomb; a few plates attached to opposite text leaf along inner margin (w. loss of text); bookblock sl. shaken; first and final lvs. frayed/ dam. Binding soiled and darkened.
= Cat. NHSM p.844. The most important old source on the famous Dutch admiral.
- Occas. sl. waterst./ soiled in blank margin; corner of htitle repaired; final textleaf reattached w. sellotape. Otherwise a good copy.
= Very rare, only 2 copies in WorldCat. Dutch adaptation of Élémens de l'architecture navale (Paris, 1752), first transl. in Dutch as Grondbeginselen vanden scheepsbouw (The Hague, 1757). Duhamel was an important shipwright during the early years of French naval construction. When he wrote this well-organized manual, he relied "on the organization of basic concepts and stressed respect for rational inquiry into limits of everyday building techniques. He sought to replace routine with best practice." (James Pritchard, "From Shipwright to Naval Constructor", Technology and Culture, 28:1, p.16). Sloos 09168; cf. Cat. NHSM p.747f (1st French and Dutch ed., 1752/ 1757); Bierens de Haan 1895 (Dutch ed. 1759). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.
- Lacks engr. title; waterst. throughout; partly browned in upper inner margin. Binding worn; paper over boards partly loosening/ torn off.
= Hoogendoorn Gie15.4; cf. Bierens de Haan 1657; this ed. not in cat. NHSM.
- Sl. browned as usual; plate no.9 w. repaired lower corner (not affecting image); some plates outer margins cut short; occas. sl. waterst. Upper joint starting at top of spine.
= Tiele, Mémoire p.170-171 (b.); Tiele 81 (12)/ 82; Landwehr, VOC 197. Part of Commelin's collection of voyages.
- Lower corner of title-p. restored (part of imprint reproduced in pen and ink); yellowed and fingersoiled. Binding stained and worn; upper joint splitting.
= Early description of Central America. Cat. NHSM p.107; Sabin 18783.
BOUND WITH 3 others publ. by the same, all lacking title-p.: SCHEEPS-TOGTEN EN MANHAFTE KRYGS-BEDRYVEN te Water en te Land gedaan door Lopo Soares d'Albegeria (fold. engr. map, 2 fold. plates); SCHEEPS-TOGT DOOR FERNANDO PEREZ D'ANDRADE, Gedaan van Malacca na de Golf van Bengale en de Kusten van China (2 fold. engr. maps, 3 fold. plates) and DE RAMP-SPOEDIGE SCHEEPS-TOGT VAN FRANCISCS HERNANDEZ DE CORDUA, ter nieuwe Ontdekking na Jukatan ondernomen, door Jean de Gryalva (fold. engr. map, 3 fold. plates).
- Scattered marks in pen and red ink in outer margin; sl. yellowed; paper somewhat brittle.
= Very rare anonymous English biography on Cornelis Tromp.
- Contemp. illegible owner's entry in pen on first free endpaper; title-p. sl. inkstained; partly sl. yellowed. Top of spine dam.
= The four folding plates at the end are numb. XV-XVIII and come from "Klügels Encyclopädie Th.IV, zweyte Auflage". Plate no.XVII is an original drawing copied from that source. Rare.
- First part sl. waterst. (sl. affecting ±10 plates). Otherwise a good copy.
= Cf. Cat. NHSM. p.747 and Crone Library 529 (both mentioning the 1st ed.). Dealing extensively with i.a. the technical aspects of shipbuilding and navigation at sea. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Some foxing; a few plates (sl.) yellowed/ browned, but mostly clean and in good/ fine condition. Binding trifle rubbed along extremities.
= Cat. NHSM p.352. Monumental work on the maritime exploits of the Dutch, with spectacular plates of sea-battles by one of the foremost 19th century marine painters of the Netherlands. SEE ILLUSTRATON PLATE XC.
- Trifle foxed. Wrs. sl. frayed.
= Rare work on the brothers Naerebout who saved approx. 87 people from the shipwreck Woestduin off the coast of Walcheren, Zeeland in July 1779. Landwehr, VOC 445.
- Upper hinge sl. weak; a few leaves loose(ing). Frontcover trifle stained. Otherwise fine.
= Rare edition. De Vries 436 ("21e editie").
- Pastedowns loose; contemp. owner's entries/ libr. stamp on upper endpapers and first title; 2nd work (sl.) waterst. in lower margin. Vellum sl. soiled.
= BCNI 12798 and 12797.
AND 1 other by the same: Meditatien tot de H. Communie op alle de Sondagen en andere Hoog-Tyden des jaars (ibid., 1743, contemp. hcalf, gilt spine w. red mor. letterpiece. Browned).
- Sl. wormholed in inner (blank) margin. = Rare, only 1 complete copy in STCN.
Bosch, J.E. van der. Het Ryck Godts in der zielen, of binnen U-lieden. Antw. (=Amst.), for F. van Metelen, 1686, (24),484,(6)p., contemp. gilt calf, sm. 8vo.
- Sl. waterst. in (blank) margins; a few lvs. margins repaired w. paper. Extremities of binding sl. worn; upper joint splitting.
- Pastedowns loose; 17th cent. owner's entry ("Abraham Girardi") on title.
= First edition of this rare translation, published by the same printer in the same year as the Greek editio princeps. Adams, M930 (mentioned as "the Latin part" but appears to be a separate edition); Hoffmann II, p.583.
- Upper hinge weak; title-p. sl. (finger)soiled; first 2 works partly sl. (water)stained, mostly in blank margins/ corners; 3rd work stained. Upper joint splitting; spine-ends and central ornament on backcover dam.; lacks clasps. Good copy.
= Very rare works, usually found together. Van der Haeghen, Bibl. des martyrologes protestants néerlandais 2, p.525ff: "Cette édition, qui contient le Haarlemsch- et le Hoornsch- martelaarsboek fusionnés, doit être considérée comme le premier martyrologe général des Mennonites, et comme la base de celui publié en 1660, par T. Jansz. van Braght", i.e. Het Bloedig Tooneel, of Martelaers Spiegel der Doops-gesinde of Weereloose Christenen. Bibl. Belg. M216; Boekenoogen p.15; not in Springer/ Klassen. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXXIX.
- Occas. sl. foxed. Covers trifle rubbed. = Large paper copy.
- Paper over covers partly worn off; chipped at top of spine.
= Sabin 16962; Howgego C195; Henze I, p.731ff. "The letters are properly numbered, second, third and fourth. An excellent preface and introduction are added, with additional notes, and an appendix, completing the life of Cortes" (Sabin).
- Large closed horizontal tear in fold. plate 38 (vol.3); large fold. plates occas. w. false creases (some also sl. frayed) and occas. sl. soiled on verso on fold(s); one large fold. plate loosening (partly reattached). Frontcover of vol.1 almost loose and backstrip badly dam.; all vols. leather on backstrips dried and dam.
= Contains several impressive large fold. panoramic views of landscapes and city views (i.a. Isphahan, Kom and Yerevan), occas. with huge monuments carved into the side of mountains, and extraordinary expansive buildings surrounded by walls. Atabey 219; Howgego C102: "The earliest editions of Chardin's travels curiously contain nothing on his journey to India. Chardin apparently refused to include his Indian travels as a consequence of his imperfect understanding of Indian religion and culture. The first edition to include his Indian travels was published in Amsterdam in 1711." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XC.